The man charged with 10 of two dozen random shooting incidents in October will have preliminary exam conferences in Livingston and Oakland counties Wednesday.

Raulie Wayne Casteel, whose arrest Nov. 5 let residents in four counties breathe a temporary sigh of relief, is the only suspect in the investigation into a shooting spree that lasted nearly a month.The married father will have a preliminary exam conference at 10 a.m.at the 52nd District Court in Novi before Judge Brian McKenzie, and another at 2 p.m. before Livingston district court Judge Carol Sue Reader.

A Nov. 7 video arraignment was the first of what has been expected to be a series of legal processes.

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Casteel — via his lawyer, Ann-Arbor based Douglas R. Mullkoff — pleaded not guilty to six charges stemming from just one of the three shootings in Livingston County with Reader presiding.

The 43-year-old was held on $2 million bond because of the seriousness of the case and the fact that he was such a high flight risk, Reader said.

Among the counts were felonious assault, carrying with unlawful intent, felony firearms and discharge of a dangerous weapon from a vehicle.

Two days later in Novi, Casteel learned that the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office charged him on 60 counts from nine incidents, the most serious being assault with intent to commit murder.If convicted, Casteel could face life in prison.

He was denied bond on several of the lesser counts, which included assault with a dangerous weapon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, discharging a firearm from a vehicle and carrying with unlawful intent.

Of the shootings reported in Oakland County, the prosecutor’s office chose not to prosecute three of the charges.

Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper said her office had to be picky when they decided which of the incidents they would investigate.

“We have to be able to prove these incidents happened, in court. We have Casteel charged on nine of the 12 incidents,” Cooper said.

She said she thought it would almost be a moot point if Oakland County convicted Casteel on those nine incidents.

While the task force that was created to investigate the shootings in the counties pieces together more of the case, there are 12 incidents that remain uncharged.

As of right now, the remaining charges seem to be at a standstill.

In Shiawassee County, the task force received one report, and there are at least four potential other incidents with possibility for charges, said Chief Assistant Prosecutor Graham Leach.

“We are still consulting with some of the prosecutor’s offices, trying to find the best course of action,” Leach said. “But we haven’t made a final decision yet.”

In Ingham County, where eight shootings were reported, a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office said there was nothing new to report and nothing pending.

As today’s preliminary exam conferences tend to be mostly procedural, people will be lucky if they get much at all, Cooper said.

“In this case — nine incidents in three separate files and a total of 60 charges — the conference will mostly be filled with questions like ‘How much time will this take,’ and ‘Do you have enough evidence for probable cause,’” Cooper said.

She said the preliminary exam conference is essentially when the actual preliminary exam is set, so not much will go on record.

Ann Arbor attorney Charles Groh will be representing Casteel in Oakland County, said Cooper.